Vehicle signal



M rch 2 1926.

' Y R. L. AMEs VEHICLE SIGNAL Filed Nov. 19, 1923 INVENTOR. Ralph L. /?7rz-es A TTORNE Y.

i Ptti7'tgi. .192s; e

. V ;B em-. i t ,known thatl, "BArirfi a I cltizenrof theUnitedstatesfiesiding at De To a l; ma aim ma,

" ,troit, in the ,county of Wayne. and State olf glylichigangli'ave invented anew useful Improvementiin a .Vehicle ,gignal, of

Y. which the-following is aspecificat-ion;

improvement in a'vehi cle signal andh'asfor its. ,ob] ect the provision lot a vehicle signal 'M ii vention relatesfto. anew andusetul which'will be simple in structure, economicalofgma'nu facture;and-highly efiicient in use.

. Anotheriobject' of the, invention is the provision in a vehicle signalot means for operating the same adapted for attachment to the steering Wheel of a vehicle, and em- 7 bodyingimeans for adjusting the position of said regulating meansrelatively to the steer- .in Wheel I Another object of the invention is the provision'of means ,for'operating the ve hiclesignal solely during the actual manipulation ofthe operatingmeansy v 3 Other'objects will apfear hereinafter.

.Thejnvention consists in the combinaa tion. and arrangement of parts hereinafter 7 described and claimed; 1

The invent-i 11 win be best understood from the 'accompanying drawings which form apart of this specification"and in Fig. 1 isjan elevational View of the in- V vention 'attachedto a vehicle,

' Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on substantially line 2f2 of Fig. 1, I

Fig. 3 isfia top plan View .01? a steering Wheel SllOWlIlg the 'attachmg means, and,

f V Fig.4 "isasectional view taken on sub:

stantially line H of Fig. 3.

"vehicle particularly on lauto mobiles, to 1n-- dicatefrthe intentions of the driver of the vehicle.

The invention -is, designed-'.-for use on, a

' The inventionin its preferred form comprises aIhousing hav nga standard 8 at tached to the ,bas'e llf of the housing and mounted upon 'theffender 7- of the vehicle or atany --'other desirable place on the vehiclfe. A rearwall line is provided for the housing which has an inwardly projecting flange 10- adapted to be secured to the side walls 11 of the housingf Projecting'from the rear wall9 are par titions 12, 13 and 14' which, extend the 'full'width of the housing and are securely embraeedat their'free ends by channel mem- VEHICLE aten nftilieiljlt ovember 19, 923. ,Serial m -5,5 7.

sidewalls of the housing.- Enclosing'the fr'ontof the housing areglass membersjl6, 17,: 18and .1 9 which engage in thechannels of the members 15 and 15",.and are securely bers and 15, which are attached to the I hel d in position by the overturned edge-of the-housing Wall. As shown in'Fig. 1,.these glass membersare provided with indicating wordsprintedfthereon, theportion' of the glassron .w'hic h the \vordsare printed being'moreblearly' transparent thanthe remainder of the glass. Asshown in'jFig. 2,

the housing is divided into fourfseparate compartments. Projecting into each compartment is a socket 20 in which is mounted. a lamp 21, the sockets of the variouscome partments being connected to a suitable source of electrical energyby means ofwires 28', 29,'30 and 31. A'ground wire-32 is also connected to each of the lamps.

A segment 22 which is made preferably of metal is used to attach the operating I through which a bolt projects. .Said bolt is provided with a wing nut- 2% whereby the length of the segment may be adjusted. The member 23 is doubled upon itself to provide a .means to the steering, Wheel 33 of the ve-.. hicle; Thissegment is formed sectional,

the portion23 having a slot formed'therein' clamping portion 25. A bolt 26 and a suitable Wing nut 27 serve to bind this segment upon thespider 34L of'the wheel. The section 22 is also doubled upon itself to provide a clamping member for portion 25 which is operated by a' bolt 26- and a Wing nut 27.

Mountedon the segment are switch-es which are spring operated, in the usual manner, so that as longa's the button of the switch 1s pressed inwardly, the circuit Will remain the springswitches 28",29, 30 and 31" .95 closed." Wires 28,129, 30land 31 connect v each to a light in the housing, so that upon pressing the button to close theswitch a specific light in one ofthe compartments will be lighted. As soon as thepressureis relieved from the switch, the circuit will be bro-ken so thatrthe probability of-the 'oper:

ator of the vehicle lighting one of the-lights and leaving it. lighted, is obviated.

By forming the segment sectional as in to the rim of the steering wheel may be easily and quickly adjusted so that the operator of the Vehicle may quickly and easi ly' place the operating switches in the most dicated, the relative position of the segment convenient position for his individual operatioin WhiIefIThaLVeilliistraJtGd and'def scribed the "preferredform ofconstruction; Q I do not. Wish to limit myself to the'ipre; f c isedetails of structure 1 set 1' out, but'fdesire tefs Patent j v I I electrie'switeh support adepted for r T attachment to a; 'spoked-steering wheel'rhev:

11 g rim, 'eomprising'an elongated support .ing. '1nen1ber, tlie 'ends offs aid' supporting member being ourifed to embrace ande'dapt. edt'o' ele np upon" the spokes Of'said Wheel,

to avvail myself of such Variations and 'modifi cations as come ithin the" scope .of jthe t p. I

pended claims.

Having thus described What Ipclaimas, new and desire 'toseclire by Let- V the distance" between said ends being V ?Jii 'zflo'le to pennit; .their elalnping v engagem'ent with said SPOkGS at'various positions; l elak tivel-yr to-Qsaid riini An elect-no sWitc-h'sunport adapted for ing arim comprising a switch supporting member having one end curled and adapte'tta'ehment to a sp0kedsteering-Whee1 haved for' embracing Zone: Ofa ii e spokes; 0f; said;

'eurled' -end for clamping the samein' e gagement with zsaid spokesat wi1l-,,the;0p=

, relati'olnj. said means permitting. e1 v'e Q "m wheel means opefably *eonn'ected j'v siithv said posite end of said supporting member having an elongated sloti'formed therein; "anex; tension neirnber having one endcufled and adapted for clamping" engagement with the ing PIIQVidBd Withiafi elongated s 1f( )t adept: ed for registering withisztid first inefit slot; end nieansiproje'cted thrpl lgh saids'lots; for binding said 'm mbers t gether iigfig of j the disli zai ce between said onr1edie'nf s spokesfror n'the center of sziidwheel; and a' plurality ofiswitehes mounted onfs'ajidi l porting'inemberf f. Y ,1 e

In testimony whereof I' have signed the foregoingspeeification; 1

R PH L'. AMES. 

